Thread: Help with a program- I'm clueless

I recommend you read this tutorial about C++ file I/O.

they should be prompted for the name of the
file to copy from. The user should then be asked for the name of the file to
copy to and when the operation is finished, a message should be displayed
to the user.

How would I do this?? This is what I have so far.. It's like chinese writing to me..lol

Code:

void main()
{
		
	
	ifstream infile;
	ofstream outfile;
	string name;
	
	outfile.open("F:\\names2.txt");
	infile.open("F:\\names1.txt");
	for (int i=0; i<10; i++)
	{
	
	infile>>name;
	cout<<name<<endl;
	outfile<<name<<endl;
	
	
	
	}cout<<" All data has been copied to names2.txt"<<endl;
	infile.close();
	
	
	}

I'm suppose to be asked for the file name but I don't know how to do that

Code:

#include <fstream>
#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

void main()
{
	cout<<"Enter name of file";
	string filename;
	cin>>filename;
	
	ifstream infile;
	infile.open(filename.data());
	
	string name;
	int wage;
	
	while(!infile.eof())
	{
	   
	   	infile>>name;
	   	infile>>wage;
	   	cout<<"Name: "<<name<<" Wages: "<<wage<<endl;
	   	}
	   	
	  
}

This is what I have for the second part (the wages part).. ..

But how would I calculate the total of all wages in the file and the average calculated??

Just so I'm clear the eof funtion is used if the file has an indefinite the amount of integers?

Originally Posted by godfrey270487

How would I do this?? This is what I have so far.. It's like chinese writing to me..lol

Code:

void main()
{
		
	
	ifstream infile;
	ofstream outfile;
	string name;
	
	outfile.open("F:\\names2.txt");
	infile.open("F:\\names1.txt");
	for (int i=0; i<10; i++)
	{
	
	infile>>name;
	cout<<name<<endl;
	outfile<<name<<endl;
	
	
	
	}cout<<" All data has been copied to names2.txt"<<endl;
	infile.close();
	
	
	}

I'm suppose to be asked for the file name but I don't know how to do that

Would I have to create 2 different variables, maybe calling them file1 ( fiel to fead from) and file2( file to copy to) ?

Okay.. I'm now able to copy the file

but I don;t know how to return it from the function

Please help What am I doing wrong

Code:

#include <fstream>
#include <iostream>

using namespace std;
double copyfile(double copy);
void main()
{
int option;

cout<<"Please choose from the following options";
cout<<" Option 1 = Copy File";
cout<<" Option 2 = Calculate average employee wage2";
cin>>option;

if(option == 1)
 {
  
  cout<<""<<copy<<endl;// copy is my return function
  return 0;
  }
  
  else if(option == 2)
  {
  
  
  cout<<""<<endl;
  
  
  }
  
  else if(option != 1 && != 2)
  {
  
  cout<<" Incorrect option, Please enter option 1 or 2"; 
  
  }
  
  
  double copyfile(double copy)
  {
  return copy 
    ifstream infile;
	ofstream outfile;
	string name;
	
	cout<<"Enter name of file you want to read:";
	string filename;
	cin>>filename;
	
	cout<<"Enter file to copy to:";
	string filename1;
	cin>>filename1;
	
	outfile.open(filename1.data());
	infile.open(filename.data());
	for (int i=0; i<10; i++)
	{
	
	infile>>name;
	cout<<name<<endl;
	outfile<<name<<endl;
	
	
	
	}cout<<" All data has been copied to "<<endl;
	infile.close();
	}}

Code:

 double copyfile(double copy)
  {
  return copy 
ifstream infile;
	ofstream outfile;

huh? You return from the function before you have a chance to do anything.